Dark Souls Wiki Guide

Channeler

The Chanellers are powerful servants of Seath the Scaleless. Their job is to wander Lordran looking for lost undead and to bring them back to the Duke's Archives where they will be crystallized.

A Channeler is a highly dangerous spellcaster with eerie accuracy and devastating spells. If they spot a player - which they can do from a great distance - they will attack almost without warning with devastating bolts of energy. On top of that Channelers can also teleport away when they're being attacked and can perform a dance that boosts the abilities of nearby enemies.

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In other words, these guys are a right royal pain in the posterior. Thankfully they're reasonably rare, but you won't like the few times you do come across them.

The first of these enemies you'll encounter is in the Undead Parish. This gentleman lives in the area above the chapel-like structure in the Undead Parish, and will rain down spells upon the player from above. He is found by ascending the steps in the corner of the church but be careful; this Channeler is protected not only by a Balder Knight, but also by a large amount of Hollows as well. It is best to dispatch all other enemies before dealing with the Channeler as it easy to get swarmed and die.

Once this Chaneller is dead he will not respawn.

A large amount of Chaneller's can be found in the Duke's Archives, where they ascend from being minor nuisances to being full-scale extremely annoying enemies.

Since a lot of the areas in the Duke's Archives are open and unprotected the Channelers can attack from multiple heights, angles and locations. Given their ability to teleport they can also appear almost anywhere, meaning you must always be on your guard when traversing this difficult area.

Be particularly wary of their Soul Arrow attack, which is ridiculously accurate and cuts through your health like a hot knife through butter. Or a Soul Arrow through Undead flesh, if you prefer.

Close the gap. That's one of the main strategies you should always bear in mind when dealing with these enemies, as the Channelers are utterly devastating at long range because of their Soul Arrow attacks.

It's also highly important that you kill all enemies surrounding the Channeler as well as they have the ability to make enemies stronger.

So in summary, that's get rid of the minions, and get as close to the Chanellers as possible.

Part of the problem with this strategy, unfortunately, is that the Channeler can also teleport. You should be able to get a few hits in before he does this, and as soon as he teleports away you should start looking around for where he'll appear (you can tell by a glowing spot on the floor) and charge towards that area as quick as your booties can muster.

When you're close to the Channeler he'll attack with his trident, but this is easily blocked or dodged.

Always remember as well that is suicide to fight more than one Channeler at a time. Their Soul Arrow attack means you should always just try to fight one, as a second could easily shoot you in the back and make you dead before you've even swung your sword.

It is also recommended not to use ranged attacks for fighting Channelers as their Soul Arrow spells are quick to attack and hard to dodge.